When it comes to inflammatory pathogenesis, obesity and rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases share common features.
Reference1. Nikiphorou E, Fragoulis GE. Inflammation, obesity and rheumatic disease: common mechanistic links. A narrative review. Ther Adv Musculoskelet Dis. 2018;10:157-167. doi: 10.1177/1759720X18783894.
Nikiphorou and Fragoulis, researchers in the UK, look at common pathways for inflammation in obesity and rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases.1 Scroll through the slides for the details of their review and the take-home points for physicians.